THE FANDOM ZONE 341: "Kathy Friedman" Is Up!

 
"You work on being more charming, and I find it helpful to use people's names. You know, ask them about themselves?"
"That kind of bullshit actually works?"
"Yeah, you'd be amazed."
-- Trevor Slattery and Simon Williams, Wonder Man -- "Kathy Friedman"

Hello again, everyone! DJ Nik and I are back for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast! This time, we discuss "Kathy Friedman", the seventh episode of Wonder Man Season 1, featuring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams, Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery, Zlatko Burić as Von Kovak, and Lauren Weedman as Kathy Friedman!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like waiting for the penny to drop with Trevor and Simon, the episode's conflict being about trust instead of action, some background on The New York Times newspaper, the flashback where Simon's father Sanford Williams takes Simon to see the original Wonder Man movie to help get over being bullied, why superhero and sci-fi movies mean just as much as serious drama films, Simon's father being Simon's hero, the temptation of fame starting to creep into Simon's life, Simon and Trevor looking out for one another's interests during the production, Janelle Jackson and her team getting annoyed with Trevor advising Simon not to take all of the offers being thrown at him, Simon being terrified of investigative reporter Kathy Friedman wanting to profile Trevor and him, Simon reconnecting with Vivian to find out what she told Kathy, Simon being surprised that Vivian knew he has superpowers, Kathy revealing that Trevor was her real target instead of Simon, Simon finally learning that Trevor was collecting information on him for the Department of Damage Control, Hans Landa's interrogation at the beginning of Inglourious Basterds, Simon being overcome with rage by Trevor's betrayal and destroying the Wonder Man film set, Nik's theory on how Simon gets out of the cliffhanger ending, our favorite quotes of the episode, new Fandom Zone Fanmail by Jesse Jackson and Dave Proctor, next episode's revelation of a very big secret, the upcoming Wonder Man season finale, and more! 

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Be sure to come back next week when DJ Nik and I discuss "Yucca Valley", the Season 1 finale of Wonder Man, featuring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams, Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery, Zlatko Burić as Von Kovak, and Arian Moayed as Agent Cleary!